Page 369 - Learning from the Qur'an

That is their repayment for rejecting Our Signs and saying, 'What,
when we are bones and crumbled dust, will we then be raised up
as a new creation?' (Qur'an, 17:98)
If you were to obey a human being like yourselves, you would, in
that case, definitely be the losers. Does he promise you that when
you have died and become dust and bones you will be brought
forth again? What you have been promised is sheer nonsense!
What is there but our life in this world? We die and we live and we
will not be raised again. What is he but a man who has invented
a lie against Allah? We do not believe in him.' (Qur'an, 23:34-38)

THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT ALLAH WILL FORGIVE THEM
AT ALL EVENTS
An evil generation has succeeded them, inheriting the Book, taking
the goods of this lower world, and saying, 'We will be forgiven.'
But if similar goods come to them again they still take them. Has
not a covenant been made with them in the Book, that they should
only say the truth about Allah and have they not studied what is
in it? The Final Abode is better for those who guard against evil.
Will you not use your intellect? (Qur'an, 7:169)

THOSE WHO SUPPOSE THAT THEY ARE
OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE GARDEN
The Jews and Christians say, 'We are Allah's children and His loved
ones.' Say: 'Why, then, does He punish you for your wrong actions?
No, you are merely human beings among those He has created. He
forgives whoever He wills and He punishes whoever He wills.
The kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything between
them belongs to Allah. He is our final destination.' (Qur'an, 5:18)
He entered his garden and wronged himself by saying, 'I do not
think that this will ever end. I do not think the Hour will ever
come. But if I should be sent back to my Lord, I will definitely get
something better in return.' (Qur'an, 18:35-36)

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